Puzzle.



J. OTOOLE.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1913.

1,100,026. Patented June 16, 1914.

JOHN OTOOLE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed July 30, 1913. Serial No. 781,984.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN OTooLn, a c1t1- zenof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LosAngeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to puzzles havlng educational features, and theobject of my invention is to provide a puzzle instructlve of the use andthe geographical location of the Panama Canal, the location of theprincipal seaports of the world and the connecting lines of travelbetween the seaports of the Atlantic Ocean and those of the PacificOcean through the canal.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a map of the world in projection, showingthe location of the canal, the seaports and the connecting lines oftravel. Fig. 2 is one of the blocks used to represent boats, and iscolored red. Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 2 and is colored blue.

Referring to the drawings in detail--The canal, which is the center ofthe puzzle, is represented by the circle 1 in Fig. 1. The seaports onthe Atlantic side are represented by the circles 2 and are connected inthe different routes and with the canal by the lines of travel 4. Theseaports on the Pacific side are represented by the circles 3 and areconnected in the difi'erent routes and with the canal by the lines oftravel 5.

The circle 1, Fig. 1, being the center of the puzzle, the number ofseaports 2 and 3 are each the same. A boat is placed at each port withthe bow or pointed end turned inwardly toward the canal, the red boatsas in Fig. 2 being placed at ports 3 and the blue boats as in Fig. 3 atports 2. The circle 1, being vacant, leaves an extra port.

The problem is to change the boats from side to side through the-canalby using the extra port, so that boats 2 will rest at ports- 2 and boats3 at ports 3. This'is accomplished by moving the boats forward one spaceor jumping one opposing boat at a time.

While in transit the boats of each color are separated from each otherby an opposing boat or the vacant port. Commencing with the line oftravel 4 leading north from the canal along the east coast of NorthAmerica and the line of travel 5 leading south along the west coast ofSouth America by moving the nearest boat on line 5 to the canal andjumping the nearest boat on line 4 over it to the vacant port on line 5.

Move the boat from the port on the branch line of line 4 to the vacantport and jump the boat from the canal to the port thus vacated. Jump thered boat from the second port on line 5 to the canal and move the onefrom the third to the second. Jump the blue boats from the first port online 5 to the third and from the first port on line 4 to the first porton line 5 move the boat from the second port on line 4 to the first.Jump the red boat from the canal to the second port. Jump from thesecond port on line 5 to the canal and from the fourth to the second.Move the blue boat from the third port on line 5 to the fourth and jumpfrom the first to the third. Jump from the first port on line 4 to thefirst on line 5 and from the third port on line 4 to the first. Movefrom the fourth port to the third. Jump the red boat from the secondport to the fourth and from the canal to the second. Jump from thesecond port on line 5 to the canal and move the blue boat from the firstport to the second. Jump from the first port on line 5 to the first online 4, from the third to the first and from the fifth to the third online 4, move from the sixth port to the fifth. Jump the red boats fromthe fourth to the sixth, from the second to the fourth and from thecanal to the second port. Move a red boat from the nearest port on oneof the other lines 5 to the canal and jump the blue boats forward asbefore. By jumping the sides alternately in this manner, moving oneforward before the opposite side is started to jump, they are changedfrom side to side of the canal and boats 2 are resting at ports 2 andboats 3 at ports 3.

The puzzle may be applied to any form of map, the number of seaportsincreased or diminished orconstructed in any suitable shape or mannerwithout departing from the spirit of my invention as set up in thefollowing claims.

I claim- 1. A puzzle consisting of a map of the World, a spot showingthe location of the Panama Canal, spots showing the location of theprincipal sea ports of the world, one half the number on the easternside and one half on the western side of the canal, lines showing routesof travel and connecting the sea ports with the canal, blocks ofdiiferent 10 side of the center, lines connecting thel groups of spotswith the center, blocks of different colors placed on all of the spotsbut the center, the different colors being placed on the different sidesand adapted to be moved and jumped from spot to spot and 1.5

from side to side of the center.

JOHN 'OTOOLE. lVitnesses Mrs. M. L. HIBLER, BERTHA MoMAsTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 01' IPatents,

, 1 Washington, D. C."

